Whitney Johnson was recognised as one of the world's most influential management thinkers in 2015, is the author of the critically acclaimed Disrupt Yourself: Putting the Power of Disruptive Innovation to Work, and formerly an Institutional Investor-ranked analyst for eight consecutive years at Merrill Lynch. She is the host of the Disrupt Yourself podcast, a frequent contributor to the Harvard Business Review, a LinkedInfluencer, and a co-founder of Forty Women over 40 to Watch. She and her husband Roger live in Lexington, VA and have two children.